Max Verstappen will start in front of everyone in the Formula One Mexican GP. Behind him the excellent Mercedes of Russell (2nd) and Hamilton (3rd). Ferrari disappointment: Sainz 5th, Leclerc 7th.
The lottery of the Mexican Grand Prix rewards once again the Red Bull by Max Verstappen, who took pole position in qualifying for the third to last race of the season. The Dutch two-world champion preceded the Mercedes ever so competitive this year, with Russell second ahead of teammate Hamilton.
In a session also marked by some times canceled for “track limits”, the darling of the house, Sergio Perezwill start only fourth, ahead of the Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and such a surprising Valtteri Bottas on Alfa Romeo. Only seventh Charles Leclercto underline the difficulties encountered by the red on the racetrack located at 2000 meters above sea level.
The top ten of the starting grid is closed by Landau Norris, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Or with.
F1, GP Mexico: how the qualifying and the starting grid went
The Q2 had seen the elimination of Daniel Ricciardoeleventh with his McLaren, ahead of the other Alfa Romeo driven by Guanyu Zhou and to the AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda And Pierre Gasly. Fifteenth time instead for Kevin Magnussenwho will start in nineteenth position for having changed the engine, the sixth of the season.
His teammate, Mick Schumacherwas instead the first of the eliminated in Q1 with the sixteenth time: the same signed by Sebastian Vettel on Aston Martin, ranked seventeenth for having recorded the time trial after the German friend in front of Lance Strollwhich will start from the back of the grid for the penalty remitted in the United States Grand Prix. Alex Albon And Nicholas Latifithe two of Williams, will therefore be able to start in eighteenth and nineteenth position.
These i full qualification results of today:
- Max Verstappen – Red Bull – 1.17.775
- George Russell – Mercedes – 1.18.079
- Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes – 1.18.084
- Sergio Perez – Red Bull – 1.18.128
- Carlos Sainz Jr. – Ferrari – 1.18.351
- Valtteri Bottas – Alfa Romeo – 1.18.401
- Charles Leclerc – Ferrari – 1.18.555
- Lando Norris – McLaren – 1.18.721
- Fernando Alonso – Alpine – 1.18.939
- Esteban Ocon – Alpine – 1.19.010
- Daniel Ricciardo – McLaren – 1.19.325
- Guanyu Zhou – Alfa Romeo – 1.19.476
- Yuki Tsunoda – AlphaTauri – 1.19.589
- Pierre Gasly – AlphaTauri – 1.19.672
- Kevin Magnussen – Haas – 1.19.833 (penalty of 5 places)
- Mick Schumacher – Haas – 1.20.419
- Sebastian Vettel – Aston Martin – 1.20.419
- Lance Stroll – Aston Martin – 1.20.520 (3-position penalty)
- Alex Albon – Williams – 1.20.859
- Nicholas Latifi – Williams – 1.21.167
The start of the 2022 Formula One Mexican GP is scheduled for tomorrow Sunday 30 October at 9pm Italian time. As always, the live broadcast will be exclusively on Sky Sport F1 HD and on the NOW streaming platform. The deferred broadcast will be broadcast unencrypted on TV8 and TV8.it starting at 10pm.
